Charity Proceedings

In a recent High Court case, the High Court refused to grant permission to pursue charity proceedings and stayed the claim to enable the parties to engage in mediation. This has also highlighted the requirement for The Charity Commission to authorise charity proceedings by Order. In the absence of an Order from The Charity Commission the Court cannot deal with charity proceedings.

Charity proceedings are relevant to disputes concerning internal administration of the charity and are not relevant to disputes between a charity and third parties that are outsiders.

Charity proceedings can only be brought by the charity, any of the charity's trustees, any person interested in the charity, or in the case of a local charity - two or more residents.